Real estate Development + Project Management

Develop, reposition, entitle, build, sell. DJR creates value out of underutilized real estate, from the ground up.

DJR Companies is a real estate development firm exhibiting particular advantages in the development of infill land into residential and mixed use, the focus of our investment strategy. Yet our project management capabilities have spanned asset classes, delivering high-end custom homes, industrial facility relocation and buildout, retail development and permitting, large planned residential communities, and even specialized commercial facilities.

DJR Cos. acts as project manager and sponsor of each DJR real estate development, intimately involved in detailed execution while effectively directing the entire project.

DJR Companies can be viewed through two lenses:

  • Real Estate Developer of DJR-sponsored developments through capital partnerships. DJR Cos.’ model allows for individual direct equity investment in projects under its control, targeting land and underutilized real estate for ground up improvement, repositioning, and entitlement.

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  • DJR Cos. acts as Project Manager on each DJR-sponsored project. We are hands-on with knowledge of the day-to-day at our development sites, not just the dollars and cents.


Technical + Analytical = Value Creation

DJR Cos.’ differentiating expertise lies in its front end land development, the horizontal work. It allows the firm to target projects with site development issues that many just pass over. DJR’s value creating, problem solving process on these underutilized sites is where profits are made. We don’t compete with other developers or builders for development opportunities…

DJR creates opportunity.

DJR possesses a technical engineering and design expertise that is combined with extensive market analysis and financial modeling to determine highest and best use at major decision points in the project timeline. Leveraging this unique developer expertise to not only provide “a” solution, but the best solution, directly translates into increased returns via reduced risk, lesser costs, and a marketable product.

democratizing real estate development

DJR Cos. has created the opportunity for accredited investors to participate with high yield equity shares across relatively small, high-velocity infill real estate development projects. You may inquire about current DJR offerings here.

comprehensive strategy & Vision

Whereas the company’s Project Management capabilities apply across asset type and size, DJR’s development goal is to opportunistically operate in the space between large development firms and single-unit flippers, focusing on smaller residential and mixed use real estate developments with expected values under $15M (depending on the market). DJR creates new supply for markets at in-demand price points, with a particular eye for properties with difficult site development issues out of which DJR can create significant value. We also regard (relative) velocity to minimize risk.

DJR’s vision is to democratize investment in real estate development, moving towards a platform of open investment in high-yield value creation projects through project sponsors whose knowledge of the development process greatly reduces risk.